ever encountered hardships that made others look at you differently? During those hardships‚ were you determined to endure to the end with the hopes of encouraging the people who watched your situation unfold? Well‚ in the poem “Miss Rosie” by Lucille Clifton‚ it would seem that the character had encountered hardships and was now being looked upon by others. The use of imagery and figurative language‚ as the author shares a piece of Miss Rosie’s life story‚ helps the reader to experience the character
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its elements are. It is human nature to hold emotions inward and uphold a proud countenance; however‚ those who go against this natural tendency will exert a rebellion of sorts to any and every falsehood. In the poem "forgiving my father" by Lucille Clifton‚ the speaker describes a daughter is haunted by recollections of strife between her and her father. The speaker in the poem actually seeks to hold her father accountable for his shortcomings instead of forgiving him for his deficiencies. In the
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Mary Olivier‚ Pat Mora‚ and Lucille Clifton wrote the poem Sleeping in the Forest‚ Gold‚ The Earth is a Living Thing because they wanted to show us how they felt about the nature. The poem sleeping in the forest sends a message by telling us that she "thought the earth remembered me" witch gives us a message by saying she spends so much time in the forest she would think the earth remembered her. It tells us that because she spends so much time with the animals but they still runaway. The message
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freedom women have over their bodies. Lucille Clifton makes a point to emphasize that the only person who can control her hips and their actions is herself. Throughout history‚ women have been continuously shamed for being “promiscuous” when their actions are no different than any grown man’s. This poem embraces big hips while also sending a message to women to embrace their sexuality‚ whether they are dubbed a “prude” or “promiscuous”. The first point that Clifton makes is about the size of her hips
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The Use of Repetition in “miss rosie” Clifton enhances the narrator’s compassionate mood for Miss Rosie by using repetition to show he is the only person affected by her. Clifton’s use of repetition in the poem “miss rosie” displays the narrator’s compassion for Miss Rosie‚ thus showing he is the only one who’s been affected by her. By repeating the same phrase multiple times‚ emphasis is put on the fact that no one besides the narrator is compassionate for Miss Rosie. For example‚ when the narrator
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People don’t need to even study literature in school or become authors as a job to be able to have an impact on the way that literature portrays difficulties in life. One of such is Lucille Clifton who was born in 1936. This was during the time of the Civil Rights Movement along with the woman suffrage movement. While she went to college and went on to work as a clerk and as a literature assistant‚ she never studied writing in college. But
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Won’t you celebrate with me” by: Lucille Clifton is a poem referring to her life that was not handed to her on a silver spoon. The poem speaks of adversities and triumphs that she has been through. Growing up there were many obstacles that stood in Lucille’s way but‚ she was able to overcome. The poem also speaks power of the struggle that had unchanging effect on her. Lucille made it to the top and was able to tell her story that got her to this point in life to celebrate. “Won’t you celebrate
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In "Homage to My Hips"‚ Lucille Clifton creates some kind of imagery pertaining to her hips. She seems all into herself‚ more specifically‚ her hips. She makes it a point to convey that her hips are strong or powerful by the lines "they go where they want to go. /they do what they want to do. /these hips are mighty." (9-11) She gets into how her hips are big and mighty‚ no one can hold them back‚ and how they can even seduce men. Although this poem is quite simple and short it says alot. This poem
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Clifton has been likened to Gwendolyn Brooks‚ Walt Whitman‚ and Emily Dickinson in her style. Her poems are spare in form‚ deceptively simple in language‚ complex in ideas‚ and reflective of the commonplace‚ the everyday. Her first volume of poems was Good Times. She was inspired by her own family‚ especially her six young children‚ Clifton’s early poems are celebrations of African American ancestry‚ heritage‚ and culture. Her early publications praise African Americans for their historic resistance
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Lucille Clifton Why some people be mad at me sometimes The poem Why some people be mad at me sometimes by Lucille Clifton was a little confusing for me at first‚ I actually had to read it 3 times in order for thoughts to start processing‚ but once I grasped an understanding from it I felt astonished because it was so deep and powerful. I believe what Clifton was trying to deliver is that there are always two sides to a story‚ one side is theirs and the other is your side and that people will always
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